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Stewart, D. Y., Harrison, P. F., Morgan, B. (Ben) and Ramachers, Y. (2007) Radiation shielding for underground low-background experiments. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol.571 (No.3). pp. 651-662. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.021 ISSN 0168-9002.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.021
Abstract
The design task of creating an efficient radiation shield for the new COBRA double-beta decay experiment led to a comprehensive study of commercially available shielding materials. The aim was to find the most efficient combination of materials under the constraints of an extreme low-background experiment operating in a typical underground laboratory. All existing shield configurations for this type of experiment have been found to perform sub-optimally in comparison to the class of multilayered configurations proposed in this study. The method used here to create a specific shield configuration Should yield a close to optimal result when applied to any experiment utilising a radiation shield. In particular, the survey of single material response to a given radiation Source turns Out to give a guideline for the construction Of efficient multilayer shields. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QC Physics | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||
ISSN: | 0168-9002 | ||||
Official Date: | 11 February 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.571 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 12 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 651-662 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.nima.2006.11.021 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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